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Gallery: A look back at the Great American Solar Eclipse 2017

  • Scenes from the county’s Great American Solar Eclipse event at Jefferson Barracks Park.
  • A student at Lindbergh’s Dressel Elementary School looking through pinhole viewers, and witnessing the eclipse using the special eclipse glasses that were issued to each student.
  • Students at Dressel Elementary School looking through pinhole viewers, and witnessing the eclipse using the special eclipse glasses that were issued to each student.
  • Students at Dressel Elementary School looking through pinhole viewers, and witnessing the eclipse using the special eclipse glasses that were issued to each student.
  • Students at Dressel Elementary School looking through pinhole viewers, and witnessing the eclipse using the special eclipse glasses that were issued to each student.
  • Photo by Bill Milligan.
  • Sperreng Middle School students view the eclipse with eighth-grade science teacher Julie Roy (center).
  • Students at Sperreng enjoy the partial eclipse.
  • The student body at Abiding Savior Lutheran School, along with students from its sister school, Word of Life Lutheran in St. Louis Hills, came together at the Butler Hill campus to observe the event, have a picnic and engage in some eclipse-related science experiments.
  • Green Park Lutheran
  • Green Park Lutheran
  • Green Park Lutheran
  • Green Park Lutheran
  • Green Park Lutheran
  • The view from Green Park Lutheran
  • Green Park Lutheran
  • The view of totality from Green Park Lutheran
  • Three generations watch the eclipse in Oakville, Missouri. Submitted by Susan Lovelette.
  • Oakville resident Susan Lovelette’s son Brian channels his “inner Buddha” with a little eclipse shadow.
  • The festive crowd at Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills shared an anxious moment when the clouds passed over the sun just before totality. “Then, cheers and claps rang out as we experienced the spectacular sight of the eclipse together!” the sculpture park posted on Facebook.
  • The festive crowd at Laumeier Sculpture Park in Sunset Hills shared an anxious moment when the clouds passed over the sun just before totality. “Then, cheers and claps rang out as we experienced the spectacular sight of the eclipse together!” the sculpture park posted on Facebook.
  • Oakville Elementary Principal Chad Dickemper posted this the night of the eclipse on Facebook: “My heart is absolutely full. Everything about today was amazing at OES. Our kids were creative, asked questions, engaged in hands on learning, and received the ultimate lesson on a sense of place- place in the community and place within our solar system! Thank you to my amazing teachers for developing nine exciting learning stations. Thank you to my OES parents for being there to support us and share in the memory of the eclipse. Years from now, when our students are adults and far removed from these classrooms and hallways, our kids will remember today. And when they tell the story of where they were during the Great American Eclipse, they will say that they were at Oakville Elementary School! -Dr. D.”
  • Mrs. Erwin’s class at Blades Elementary in Oakville had a great time learning about and watching the Solar Eclipse!
  • Mrs. Erwin’s class at Blades Elementary in Oakville had a great time learning about and watching the Solar Eclipse!
  • Mrs. Erwin’s class at Blades Elementary in Oakville had a great time learning about and watching the Solar Eclipse!
  • A student in Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class watches the eclipse at Blades Elementary
  • Students in Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class watches the eclipse at Blades Elementary
  • Students in Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class watches the eclipse at Blades Elementary
  • Students in Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class watches the eclipse at Blades Elementary
  • Students in Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class watches the eclipse at Blades Elementary
  • Students in Mrs. Rygelski’s third-grade class watches the eclipse at Blades Elementary
  • Total MOSAIC Eclipse of the Heart!
  • Total MOSAIC Eclipse of the Heart!
  • Total MOSAIC Eclipse of the Heart!
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • The view of totality from Oakville.
  • Totality from Oakville!
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • Rogers Elementary had a prime viewing spot with two minutes of totality on the southern edge of Oakville. Principal Patrick Keenoy said, “What an amazing experience our Rogers family shared yesterday! There really are no words to describe the phenomenon we viewed!”
  • Mehlville High teachers and principals catch the eclipse
  • Mehlville High teachers and principals catch the eclipse
  • Mehlville High teachers and principals catch the eclipse
  • Mehlville High teachers and principals catch the eclipse
  • Mehlville High teachers and principals catch the eclipse
  • Mehlville High teachers and principals catch the eclipse

It’s hard to believe it’s been just over a month since the Great American Solar Eclipse! But our memories will last a lifetime. Check out our gallery of how everyone from County Executive Steve Stenger to school children to families in their backyards in Oakville celebrated the event we’ll all never forget.

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